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Writing Nonfiction Quotes

I used to be a freelance journalist, so I had to write fast, but I always found writing nonfiction constraining. I like the freedom of fiction, where I get to invent everything, and tidy, conclusive endings are within my control Picture Quote #1

When I’m writing fiction I’m thinking, God, this is so hard - I have to make all this stuff up! I wish I were writing a nonfiction book where all the facts are laid out and I don’t have to be so much at sea Picture Quote #1

Writing a nonfiction story is like cracking a safe. It seems impossible at the beginning, but once you’re in, you’re in Picture Quote #1

Writing nonfiction has been my most serious education, and for all those years it kept me from even glancing in the direction of despair Picture Quote #1

After writing fiction for so long, I like the discovery element of nonfiction, in the sense that when you find the right information, it feels like gold Picture Quote #1

When I'm not writing, I read loads of fiction, but I've been writing quite constantly lately so I've been reading a lot of nonfiction - philosophy, religion, science, history, social or cultural studies Picture Quote #1

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One of underestimated tasks in nonfiction writing is to impose narrative shape on an unwieldy mass of material Picture Quote #1

Writing nonfiction is more like sculpture, a matter of shaping the research into the finished thing Picture Quote #1

Writing fiction is for me a fraught business, an occasion of daily dread for at least the first half of the novel, and sometimes all the way through. The work process is totally different from writing nonfiction. You have to sit down every day and make it up Picture Quote #1

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I used to be a freelance journalist, so I had to write fast, but I always found writing nonfiction constraining. I like the freedom of fiction, where I get to invent everything, and tidy, conclusive endings are within my control (Writing Nonfiction Quotes) When I’m writing fiction I’m thinking, God, this is so hard - I have to make all this stuff up! I wish I were writing a nonfiction book where all the facts are laid out and I don’t have to be so much at sea (Writing Nonfiction Quotes) Writing a nonfiction story is like cracking a safe. It seems impossible at the beginning, but once you’re in, you’re in. (Writing Nonfiction Quotes) Writing nonfiction has been my most serious education, and for all those years it kept me from even glancing in the direction of despair. (Writing Nonfiction Quotes) After writing fiction for so long, I like the discovery element of nonfiction, in the sense that when you find the right information, it feels like gold. (Writing Nonfiction Quotes) When I'm not writing, I read loads of fiction, but I've been writing quite constantly lately so I've been reading a lot of nonfiction - philosophy, religion, science, history, social or cultural studies (Writing Nonfiction Quotes) One of underestimated tasks in nonfiction writing is to impose narrative shape on an unwieldy mass of material (Writing Nonfiction Quotes) Writing nonfiction is more like sculpture, a matter of shaping the research into the finished thing (Writing Nonfiction Quotes) Writing fiction is for me a fraught business, an occasion of daily dread for at least the first half of the novel, and sometimes all the way through. The work process is totally different from writing nonfiction. You have to sit down every day and make it up (Writing Nonfiction Quotes)